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Bag915/14

Small, flat embroidered bag made of two identically patterned, rectangular sections which are seamed together on three sides, leaving the fourth side open. The bottom two corners of the bag are angled at 45 degrees. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of densely-worked, geometric, stylized floral motifs which are enclosed with squares, arranged in a grid, separated by geometric border motifs. The top edge is finished with tablet-woven pink and red edging. The bottom edge is trimmed with seven tassels (red, green, blue and dark yellow). A border of diamond shaped motifs is at the top and left edge of each side. A short length of decorative braided fibre is attached to one upper corner of the bag, along with one red tassel. Backed with plain pinkish cotton textile.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/13

Small, flat embroidered bag, made by seaming two identical rectangular sections together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The densely worked multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of geometric, stylized floral motifs enclosed in squares, which are arranged in a grid pattern. The designs are worked on floral printed textile. The top edge and slit are trimmed with red tablet-woven edging. There are remnants of a cord or tassel at the base of the slit.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/12

Small, rectangular, flat, multi-coloured embroidered bag made by folding a wide piece of embroidered textile in half and seaming two edges, leaving one edge and a side slit open. The bag is embellished on each side with a large, complex, curvilinear, naturalistic floral motif, using several kinds of embroidery stitches. The opening of the bag is embellished with seven rows of small geometric border patterns, and the bottom of the bag has a border of small paisley motifs. The stitchery is worked on dark red silk, backed with pink and tan striped cotton textile.

Culture
Uzbek ? or Tajik ?
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/11

Bag with a rectangular shape and embroidered with two large v-shaped geometric forms, worked in very fine, dense cross-stitch on both sides of the bag. The sides and opening each have a geometric border. The repeated designs on the bag are identical in shape to each other, but differ in colour. A length of yellow and black decorative braided cord is attached to one corner of the opening; a tassel made of silk cord trimmed with white glass beads is sewn to the end of the cord. Lined with dark red cotton.

Culture
Uzbek: Lakai ?
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/9

Small, flat embroidered bag made by seaming two identical rectangular pieces together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of closely-spaced square motifs with a strip of alternating red, green and blue diagonal bands. A red and green braided cord is attached at the base of the side slit. Three tassels hang from the end of the cord, and each is trimmed with multicoloured glass beads. The embroidery is worked on a dark purplish-red silk textile and lined with machine printed floral textile.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes811/1 a-b

Pair of bright, pink-purple mule-style jelly sandals with a small heel. Straps over the ball of the foot have raised pyramid shapes and floral designs, the outline of a shoe tongue, and two raised lace-like lines.

Culture
Afghan
Material
plastic
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat571/1

Hat made of several pieces of fabric, each with a different pattern, with black fabric over the forehead that comes to a point at the front centre and extends downwards in two tapering arms on the sides. There is a long tapering extension at the back of the hat with tassels attached at the tip. Ornamented with metal beads as well as orange, red and whitish glass beadwork around the face, and with metal and shell beads as well as shell buttons at the seams and down the extension at the back. There is also a brooch-like large metal button with a red stone centre attached near the crown of the hat.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
fibre, metal, shell, glass and dye
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddle Blanket1376/12

Multi-coloured saddle cover constructed of wool cut pile textile and decorated with complex geometric forms representing plants and animals. Roughly square in shape, but with two adjacent corners cut off at 45-degree angles to accommodate the shape of the back of the saddle. There is a 10 cm slit at the opposite end, close to the edge. Side edges are selvage; front and back edges are turned once and secured with a coarse running stitch.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
wool fibre, dye and jute fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddle Blanket1228/7

Decorative, multicoloured saddle blanket, rectangular in shape and consisting of two identical square panels of thick knotted pile, separated by a 14.5 cm centre strip of dark blue cotton textile. Each of these panels is embellished with ram’s head, swastika and Greek key border motifs, surrounding a large diamond-shaped lozenge containing stylized floral motifs. The motifs are predominantly red, pink, light brown and off-white on a dark blue background; the lozenge shaped pattern appears on a red background. Two corners of the rectangle are notched. There are four small rectangular spots that are devoid of pile, exposing the burlap base fabric, two on either panel, which would be under the saddle when in use. The edges of the saddle blanket are bound with a wide (3.5-4 cm) band of red cotton corduroy, cut on the bias, and the back of the blanket is lined with pieced off-white cotton canvas.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Tibet ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddle Blanket1201/18

Lavishly embroidered, padded horse blanket, made of red wool textile and decorated with multi-coloured, curvilinear, naturalistic floral motifs worked in fine silk chain stitch. A rectangular space that would be located under the saddle when the blanket is in use is left plain. The horse blanket is rectangular in shape, with triangular extensions on either side of the back end. It is fully lined with multi-coloured striped cotton textile, with a layer of wool batting between the blanket and the lining. Partially edged with embroidered binding. Multi-coloured and blue fringe is applied to all edges except the front edge.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, wool fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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